MCD BIO 90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Diabetes Mellitus Type 1, Cord Blood, Dementia

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Up to ,000 for fat and bone marrow injections (not necessarily invasive operation still cost high) Can cost up to ,000 (bbc news anchorwoman spent ,000) No clinical trials for cell-based therapy or stem cell treatment are fda approved except for blood-forming stem cells (hematopoietic progenitor cells) derived from cord blood. Check whether the clinic is fake or not. Complications create new short- and long-term health problem. Receipt of one unproven or experimental treatment may make you ineligible for future clinical trials or treatment options. Might change the property of the cells, then will mount immune response. Any time cells are removed from your body, there is a risk they may be contaminated with viruses, bacteria or other pathogens that could cause disease when reintroduced. Manipulation of cells by a clinic may interfere with their normal function, including those that control cell growth. How and where the cells are put back into your body matters.

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